1 00:00:16,03 --> 00:00:20,34 Hey everyone I'm not live for today and welcome to be green the show that makes big 2 00:00:20,35 --> 00:00:22,83 green Well just a little bit easier we have 3 00:00:22,84 --> 00:00:27,30 a fantastic show for you today we're going to be going to a green business and to 4 00:00:27,31 --> 00:00:31,39 a home energy audit the first primary so much about 5 00:00:31,40 --> 00:00:35,13 a restaurant that is environmentally friendly and serving up some of the most 6 00:00:35,14 --> 00:00:36,73 nutritious food in town. 7 00:00:45,77 --> 00:00:49,27 Because I'm here with T.V. Owner and creator of Kai's here on T.V. 8 00:00:49,28 --> 00:00:49,91 I did 9 00:00:49,92 --> 00:00:54,21 a I'm good credit and wonderful I have to tell you first of all this place is so 10 00:00:54,22 --> 00:00:58,90 beautiful I walked in the energy is absolutely just infectious it's so beautiful 11 00:00:58,91 --> 00:01:00,10 here and still tell me 12 00:01:00,11 --> 00:01:07,07 a little bit about Chis and I talk to all I had to say due to the food and my my 13 00:01:07,08 --> 00:01:13,09 son when he was around to develop the wall or G.'s and say oh it was all about me 14 00:01:14,04 --> 00:01:19,18 that he could eat during this is delicious but really super nutritious because you 15 00:01:19,19 --> 00:01:24,62 know we do believe here pretty much you are what you eat so basically. Just trying 16 00:01:24,63 --> 00:01:29,14 to take an Asian just for technology we call it found which means Rachel OK 17 00:01:29,52 --> 00:01:34,09 applying it in differently with different wrapping different things around the 18 00:01:34,10 --> 00:01:37,85 outside fray and creating kind of a new food that's kind of like a sandwich or 19 00:01:37,86 --> 00:01:42,31 a graph but it's not but you still get that hurting this with the rice that bread 20 00:01:42,32 --> 00:01:47,10 gives you but it's not bread OK really choosing to use the highest quality 21 00:01:47,11 --> 00:01:53,75 ingredients that we can find that are going to local. You know plus the wild sort 22 00:01:53,76 --> 00:01:56,26 of free range now you don't have 23 00:01:56,27 --> 00:01:59,18 a lot you don't only have delicious food but you might also have some green 24 00:01:59,19 --> 00:02:01,36 elements here too. Yeah can you tell me 25 00:02:01,37 --> 00:02:04,76 a little bit about what you do well I really wanted to create 26 00:02:04,77 --> 00:02:10,19 a business that was sustainable and as green as possible and so we purchased 27 00:02:10,23 --> 00:02:16,91 a lot of compost materials and if it's not comfortable to recycle and so I have an 28 00:02:17,40 --> 00:02:20,48 option to have no trash. And I got 29 00:02:20,49 --> 00:02:24,99 a compost in to the city and that's wonderful There you go you have some reclaimed 30 00:02:25,00 --> 00:02:30,85 what is well yeah reclaimed wood in this room this is all natural rules and I saw 31 00:02:30,86 --> 00:02:35,43 in the bathroom I saw look let's say Cliff Oh toilets at the bottom get Hampshire 32 00:02:35,44 --> 00:02:39,83 this energy efficient Yeah no way so there's no paper trails and now I have to say 33 00:02:39,84 --> 00:02:44,73 I am ravenous so I guess I'm going to just make something let's make something I 34 00:02:44,74 --> 00:02:49,79 can do it all so not only you know what we do here guys it is called the curry to 35 00:02:50,39 --> 00:02:50,87 come like 36 00:02:50,88 --> 00:02:55,38 a burrito but I'm not afraid of it not OK it's with rice and it's with either 37 00:02:55,39 --> 00:03:00,99 colored roommate or see me. Feel good and ready so you're going to make the 38 00:03:01,00 --> 00:03:06,01 barbecue for gravy job of thank you mama Yeah sounds good so how do you go are they 39 00:03:06,02 --> 00:03:12,59 just going to put some little some rice on to the collard greens OK. That's good. 40 00:03:13,63 --> 00:03:17,24 And then just sort of flat it and then just going to put some barbecue pork along 41 00:03:17,25 --> 00:03:22,20 that center line how did you know your love for it to die of not being able to 42 00:03:22,21 --> 00:03:28,55 share it and I just never could line up OK kind of somewhere south of here so way 43 00:03:28,56 --> 00:03:32,40 more than that I could be like I'm generous they're pretty they're taken because I 44 00:03:32,41 --> 00:03:36,94 definitely need some bacon hungry and I'm going to layer on Sam I don't like 45 00:03:36,98 --> 00:03:38,06 cabbage mom with 46 00:03:38,37 --> 00:03:43,11 a live look at that and the colors are so beautiful still rocking and ready to go 47 00:03:43,32 --> 00:03:50,29 roll it up for Fit Club just around the area I'll be out. There you 48 00:03:50,30 --> 00:03:55,87 got your first computer believe me OK with that let's go sit down and eat also OK. 49 00:03:58,04 --> 00:04:04,43 Thank you. All. All. That I had for the Coke Zero for. 50 00:04:06,82 --> 00:04:12,83 Us to look at was slow roasted for probably telling all my guide to soberly tender 51 00:04:12,89 --> 00:04:14,52 really good the collards I was such 52 00:04:14,53 --> 00:04:18,49 a nice look when I still element to it there really balances with the pork it hurts 53 00:04:18,50 --> 00:04:22,80 Well it's so bad I would have paid smoothies I regret it I have it going today I 54 00:04:22,81 --> 00:04:26,41 didn't want today and salad and this is our desserts I made out 55 00:04:26,42 --> 00:04:29,80 a real PITA to our bags made out of black beans are of this kind of like 56 00:04:29,81 --> 00:04:33,93 a pumpkin pie but it's made out of pressed into but just well thank you so much and 57 00:04:33,94 --> 00:04:38,98 been a blast I know people are like down here waiting for him I think I'm getting 58 00:04:38,99 --> 00:04:41,39 a new month. And I want to take 59 00:04:41,40 --> 00:04:47,62 a nice. I have to decide now I'm just enjoying my career to think you would like to 60 00:04:48,33 --> 00:04:55,25 thank for him it was. Oh my gosh that place was so good to thank you Jamie OK 61 00:04:55,29 --> 00:04:55,56 here's 62 00:04:55,57 --> 00:05:00,52 a quick tip for your home fill your house with plants they purify the air remove 63 00:05:00,53 --> 00:05:04,38 the household toxins now some more than others so do your research and go get 64 00:05:04,39 --> 00:05:08,81 yourself a new plant plus they work so nice and you know they put you in 65 00:05:08,82 --> 00:05:12,62 a good mood whenever you surround yourself with greenery of nature and always 66 00:05:12,63 --> 00:05:17,19 happier OK Guys it is time for an audit and energy audit. 67 00:05:21,48 --> 00:05:26,32 I do it through and I just wish list with sellers that Monica and I like I thank so 68 00:05:26,33 --> 00:05:31,43 much for having us at your home there was yet so we're going to do an energy audit 69 00:05:31,44 --> 00:05:35,31 today right please explain what that is yeah I'm really excited our home is due for 70 00:05:35,32 --> 00:05:38,89 major remodel and before we decide what to do we want to get 71 00:05:38,90 --> 00:05:43,18 a home energy audit done on the house kind of guide us to figure out what to do 72 00:05:43,27 --> 00:05:45,16 first Absolutely and have someone find 73 00:05:45,17 --> 00:05:49,37 a question could you contact programs to help you out absolutely there are 74 00:05:49,38 --> 00:05:52,32 a lot of resources right now for homeowners to find 75 00:05:52,33 --> 00:05:56,44 a home for those contractor you're interested in rebates which I know 76 00:05:56,45 --> 00:06:01,30 a lot of people are there on there are programs from the state because. We have 77 00:06:01,31 --> 00:06:06,07 websites and we link to all of them on the sort of sound website so the comp of one 78 00:06:06,08 --> 00:06:10,02 stop shop for homeowners interested in the fish and sea and going solar rebates 79 00:06:10,03 --> 00:06:15,85 coming to play out some ten to thirty percent of the cost of an upgrade and then if 80 00:06:15,86 --> 00:06:19,07 you're interested in financing the rest of the city of Santa Monica has 81 00:06:19,20 --> 00:06:24,93 a new financing program called Hero low interest loans for homeowners interested in 82 00:06:24,94 --> 00:06:29,38 making homes more efficient and installing solar on the loan can be paid back on 83 00:06:29,39 --> 00:06:34,06 property tax bill Tony Yeah so essentially getting this major upgrade on the house 84 00:06:34,19 --> 00:06:35,89 OK sign me up yeah I need to buy 85 00:06:35,90 --> 00:06:41,66 a house now so I say I know there are some some strapping out man behind me what to 86 00:06:41,67 --> 00:06:45,68 write these down on the contract Yeah I want you to meet Dan from the building 87 00:06:45,69 --> 00:06:52,10 doctors to hire to do a home energy audit and you should follow him as he does 88 00:06:52,11 --> 00:06:55,68 a lot of them and I love until I have so much to learn I'm really excited I think 89 00:06:55,69 --> 00:07:00,39 Stern idea that you get you guys kind of look like us Busters like in 90 00:07:00,40 --> 00:07:03,47 a good way but you're really building doctors cracking Rio to build 91 00:07:03,48 --> 00:07:07,61 a Dutch area lot of sick buildings out there which I make about God it so what do 92 00:07:07,62 --> 00:07:11,82 you guys actually do and what are we looking for in this particular home well what 93 00:07:11,83 --> 00:07:12,66 we do is we come in to do 94 00:07:12,67 --> 00:07:18,64 a comprehensive energy audit on the home to see exactly where you're using energy 95 00:07:18,65 --> 00:07:23,54 and wasting energy there what this does is this sets the benchmark for where you 96 00:07:23,55 --> 00:07:27,80 start out with how can if it should go home and we measure and test everything 97 00:07:28,56 --> 00:07:33,38 build an energy model of all of the collected data on the whole and then we can run 98 00:07:33,39 --> 00:07:38,22 scenarios after that if we insulate that but in a more efficient this put in 99 00:07:38,23 --> 00:07:42,62 a high efficiency water here but whatever one of the scenarios and then this is the 100 00:07:42,63 --> 00:07:43,91 energy models will actually produce 101 00:07:43,92 --> 00:07:47,44 a report to say hey if you choose this is this you have this much percentage of 102 00:07:47,96 --> 00:07:52,81 energy production and then you get more comfortable more durable more about the 103 00:07:52,82 --> 00:07:56,77 value of the safer Absolutely and you're doing your part to help environment which 104 00:07:56,78 --> 00:08:00,64 we also said you know consider for sure although I would love to. It's hard I think 105 00:08:00,65 --> 00:08:06,04 Mike what's marked up back here this is one of the. Important tools that we use 106 00:08:06,42 --> 00:08:06,89 during the on 107 00:08:06,90 --> 00:08:11,22 a crisis and call the blower door and what we do is we actually fill up the house 108 00:08:11,23 --> 00:08:13,97 full of there and there's a fan that here and then we have 109 00:08:13,98 --> 00:08:17,13 a pressure gauge here it's called anomaly or we're going to do is going to measure 110 00:08:17,49 --> 00:08:21,93 the amount of air flow it takes to come in through here it's going to get replaced 111 00:08:21,94 --> 00:08:25,81 with leaks in the house so right now we're just using the snow pen to show where 112 00:08:25,82 --> 00:08:30,13 there's air leaks you know so Maginot your need your house and all that hot air is 113 00:08:30,14 --> 00:08:34,14 floating out of these like wow right so that this house itself I've counted over 114 00:08:34,15 --> 00:08:38,73 thirty two recessed lights so that's thirty to six inch holes in your building show 115 00:08:38,90 --> 00:08:39,78 only when you get 116 00:08:39,79 --> 00:08:44,30 a summary how far would you make of that I don't have enough to for you OK So that 117 00:08:44,47 --> 00:08:47,44 now what are we to check what we go around the whole house and then we look in 118 00:08:47,45 --> 00:08:50,15 every single room with look at the attics in the walls and we can see where there's 119 00:08:50,16 --> 00:08:51,76 missing insulation where there's 120 00:08:51,77 --> 00:08:55,58 a poorly performing insulation with the when the blower doors running we can 121 00:08:55,59 --> 00:08:58,85 actually have that go and we can determine where there's air leaks in the house 122 00:08:59,08 --> 00:09:02,54 soldiers of fifteen degree temperature difference and inside that we can see that 123 00:09:02,76 --> 00:09:08,27 cold air is being brought in or the warm air and you're still gonna work and go to 124 00:09:08,28 --> 00:09:11,78 matter because now we're going to do the same thing as member the blowers who were 125 00:09:11,79 --> 00:09:14,47 testing you did we're going to do this thing called the doc plaster test we're 126 00:09:14,48 --> 00:09:17,35 going to see look all of the bends and then we're going to fill up the system full 127 00:09:17,36 --> 00:09:22,13 of air and we're going to be able to tell exactly how the ducks are sure now what 128 00:09:22,14 --> 00:09:25,77 we're doing is we're testing to see what the carbon dioxide level is cut off it's 129 00:09:25,86 --> 00:09:26,61 carbon dioxide is 130 00:09:26,62 --> 00:09:30,80 a colorless odorless deadly gas off from us it's good to know when you have it in 131 00:09:30,85 --> 00:09:35,14 the stove top a lot of people don't realize that they could have 132 00:09:35,15 --> 00:09:37,97 a lot of current take about most people don't turn on the fans because they're kind 133 00:09:37,98 --> 00:09:42,61 of loud I had enjoyed so we're testing around here we have about seven parts per 134 00:09:42,62 --> 00:09:46,88 million which is not bad thank you so much this is so informative and learned 135 00:09:46,89 --> 00:09:52,64 a time after the Army said Where can I go you can go to solar Santa Monica dot com 136 00:09:53,29 --> 00:09:57,35 to get information with us but the rebates are great for energy upgrade California 137 00:09:57,58 --> 00:10:00,74 others great fighting team tools out there with pace find it. In this coming on the 138 00:10:00,75 --> 00:10:03,93 low interest loans of the rebate levels are as good as you get so it's 139 00:10:03,94 --> 00:10:08,14 a great time to take your whole energy efficiency thank you so much for the next 140 00:10:08,15 --> 00:10:11,27 generation that's got it all together but I thought you were going to take my old 141 00:10:11,28 --> 00:10:18,13 girls are you going to really I love that I go to the building Dr Drew. Whoa did I 142 00:10:18,14 --> 00:10:18,36 learn 143 00:10:18,37 --> 00:10:24,09 a lot so much great information we can all benefit from OK here's another tip stop 144 00:10:24,10 --> 00:10:29,78 throwing away your dryer let's give it to the birds they love this and they feather 145 00:10:29,79 --> 00:10:33,16 their nuts what they're good at but OK let's end the day with 146 00:10:33,17 --> 00:10:35,62 a much needed relaxation and with that. 147 00:10:42,99 --> 00:10:45,51 I'm here with Regis Birdman I'm sure and 148 00:10:45,52 --> 00:10:50,95 a yoga instructor here at Golden Bridge yoga I do them good for us thank you so 149 00:10:50,96 --> 00:10:56,91 much for having us three love it oh you got to stand up with that I'd. Never leave 150 00:10:57,33 --> 00:11:03,55 anyway. And meditation as well is pretty creative 151 00:11:03,56 --> 00:11:06,22 a lot going on here yes. Now there's 152 00:11:06,23 --> 00:11:11,41 a lot of you know you're good at places and say oh my God Oh very very special. We 153 00:11:11,42 --> 00:11:12,84 like to think there are so there's really 154 00:11:12,85 --> 00:11:17,90 a community and we do mostly can doing yoga here which is 155 00:11:18,57 --> 00:11:23,14 a little bit different than other styles of yoga but it's a very deep and 156 00:11:23,61 --> 00:11:30,02 a wonderful way to enhance your life physically and mentally. Yeah and we just we 157 00:11:30,03 --> 00:11:34,87 will we thrive on bringing people in and bringing people together you fires also 158 00:11:34,97 --> 00:11:38,19 implement a lot of eco friendly practices here right here tell me 159 00:11:38,20 --> 00:11:43,15 a little bit about that yes well the city came and helped us with that as well and 160 00:11:43,92 --> 00:11:50,73 most of our lighting is deeds and we use recycled wool products and we try 161 00:11:50,74 --> 00:11:57,37 not to use paper towels especially with the staff we have you know the wash towels 162 00:11:58,09 --> 00:12:04,93 leaves essential oils and. Supply models from nice and and banks All right 163 00:12:04,94 --> 00:12:09,80 thanks yes well actually installed and saving tons of water and now you also carry 164 00:12:09,81 --> 00:12:14,06 a lot of local organic products here at the boutique right we do we actually just 165 00:12:14,07 --> 00:12:20,05 got some beautiful local hot sauce and we also carry some local clothing lines 166 00:12:20,29 --> 00:12:25,53 because I want my favorite juices to Oh yes and they're wonderful and they come 167 00:12:25,54 --> 00:12:29,62 here every week SWAT things out put things back fresh squeezed and all of their 168 00:12:30,48 --> 00:12:36,05 juice is local organic wonder farmers Oh it's really wonderful how you guys work 169 00:12:36,06 --> 00:12:40,90 with sustainable works in their business creamy program right yes how was that it 170 00:12:40,91 --> 00:12:45,42 was so awesome Yeah I mean when I first approached me I can believe they wanted to 171 00:12:45,43 --> 00:12:51,18 give us all these things and really help us be sustainable me they really work hard 172 00:12:51,23 --> 00:12:57,54 and. I just loved working with them it was actually really easy and we're already 173 00:12:57,55 --> 00:12:57,79 doing 174 00:12:57,80 --> 00:13:02,97 a lot of the things they were asking we would recycle all the paper we use we just 175 00:13:02,98 --> 00:13:07,13 scrap paper that was a big one and we really had some L.E.D. 176 00:13:07,14 --> 00:13:12,91 Lighting you know it was very simple and easy actually go and they make it very 177 00:13:13,61 --> 00:13:16,82 wonderful everyone here that so I know there's 178 00:13:16,83 --> 00:13:22,26 a pretty little cots going on yet and if you don't mind the gloves take some time 179 00:13:22,76 --> 00:13:27,47 and the end of the day is that you think it'll be OK I don't like them that's true 180 00:13:27,48 --> 00:13:32,22 love to you to try to get you so much on the Fin twenty one assessment of the case 181 00:13:32,23 --> 00:13:32,55 and you. 182 00:14:02,50 --> 00:14:07,02 That was so wonderful I'm so relaxed words have to come try yoga class here we have 183 00:14:07,03 --> 00:14:11,22 a variety of classes there located at seven thousand Broadway here in Santa Monica 184 00:14:11,56 --> 00:14:16,21 the website is Goldenbridge yoga dot com and you're just going to love it must've 185 00:14:16,22 --> 00:14:16,32 been 186 00:14:16,33 --> 00:14:20,12 a lot of two things are pretty All right well unfortunately are out of time guys 187 00:14:20,13 --> 00:14:24,62 but thank you so much for watching and don't forget to be green the way love is 188 00:14:24,63 --> 00:14:24,98 patient.